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THE LONDON JOURNALS. DAILY EXTRACTS FROM THE MORNING PAPERS, JLJWB 6, 1826. [Tux Timms.) We alluded yesterday to the eager diligence with which this general election is seized upon, as an op portunity for the excitement of a " No Popery" cla rnnur. Among the raisers of the cry, there are, no doubt, some honest alarmists—descendants, at least intellectual representatives, of those worthy persona, who, in a former century, were one and all ready to make oath that horns and tails were as natural to a Papist as to any black ox in Smithfield. Others there are, fanatics of a milder here, who read just so much of political and religious history as leads them to an initialed knowledge of facts, and to a convenient 1 ignorance of principles ; a sort of reading, through which they learn to persuade themselves that the cruelties and persecutions inflicted by two belligerent churches during a single,age of barbarism, are exclusive characteristics of one of the said churches, under all circumstances, and to all ages, no matter how civilized or enlightened. This sort of reading, and a process of reasoning quite worthy of it, satisfies the well-dis posed partisans of " No Popery," that Catholics will at any tin& violate the most solemn oath, if desired to do so by their priest, or absolved by him from the guilt of perjury for breaking it. But to believe this wonderful proposition, another exercise of credulity still more edifying, is altogether indispensable ; for the disciples of No Popery on this ground must, if they are not guilty of- the grossest inconsistency, believe that the Catholics are not now deterred by scruples . of • conscience from taking the oaths which actually keep them out of Parliament ; for if they could be absolved by their' priests from the sin of perjury where it suited their worldly interest or the policy of their church, why, in the name of Ileeven, Should they now, fir a whole century, have excluded themselves from both Houses of. Parliament,: when it was nothing but " swear and walk in," applying the next minute to - the reverend, priest for abaolution ? We have never yet seen or heard of a plausible answer attempted by No Popery to this direct and simple question. Again, it is a fear entertained or professed by worthy men who talk about being familiar with history, that Ca tholies are not to be trusted as subjects of a Protestant Sovereign, when the interests Of their church, and the crimmunds of hie :Holiness, run in opposition to such political duty. To this we answer, that as for centus lies before the Reformation the Catholics of England were generally fusel deal to. the King and State of Engs land, and supported zealously the cause of both in : resistance to the demands, the threats, and encroach- Ments of the Court of Rome, so, since the Reforma tion, during the reigns of eleyen Sovereigns, the Ca tholics of this realm ; have exhibited a loyalty to the ProteStant Sovereign not less. eminent and uninter rupted, sofiss os the Ave was concerned, than their ancestors had done many preceding generations. If the argument has any meaning it must be this,—that where the interest of the'State comes into a conflict with .the orders of the Roman Pontiff, a good Catholic will prefer the spiritual authority to the temporal ; but is it not a matter quite pregnant th roug h a ll hi story , is it not a fact (rote obvious at the present day, that the. See of Koine bum had many poiuts, at issue with Catholic Princes in every part of Europe ' in all which cases,. without excepti on , t h e h ot l y of lay Catholics have maintained the rights of their own Government in contravention of those of the Pope P. , Is not this arument tine whi c h wou ld go to d eny t h e allegiance of t a Cathalic to any temporal power, whether the so vereign be Protestant or C a th o li c lik e hi mse lf? B ut the'Catholica everywhere disavow :such a charge !by the most solemn assurance's and 'declarati ons , as they have stoutly opposed the Papal pretensions to tempo ral prerogative m their note. All the • universities of the Continent transmitted to this country, when ap plied to by Mr. Pitt, the most distinct disclaimer of any right in the holy See to meddle with their tem poral obligations: ant!, however the priests and Je ;mita may strive to equivocate on this question, we see how othous and how impotent are their endeavours, indignantly spurned .t<s they are before our eyes, by the common sense and Is slings of those nations against whom their experiments have been directed. It is said furthermore by very good peole, that the'lrish Catholics would w r e s t the landed property, con fiscated as it was near two centiiries . ago, from the lunndh which now retain it. Whys then, are they fouls enough to buy the estates, the d es i gn t o t a k e which by force they are accused of—paying the full market-price in every i ns t ance , f or the Protestant titles, which they have thus resolved to overturn ?,--- f let., finally, we are told the Catholics are never satis fied. a Give them one thing, and the next day they come upon you with sonic fresh exaction." And so it ought to be : any man who Contents himself with lose then entire freedom is a slava in grain, and de berves to be trampled on fornvers We edit once more —and it is worth being repeated every day that poets, over our head —you cannot exterminate (1,000,000 of Catholics : while you treat them as criminals, you sever can convert them froth Popery—while you treat them as enemies, you dispose them to become sot--. you 13y up inexhaustible Inel for eternal war —pm scan never enjoy the sweets of peace, nor 'enforce upon the Government the palpable necessity of reduced estalilialunente. Keep the Catholics in bondage,- what , tt stigma you east upon a Protestant state-s—that it is one which can be no 'otherwise maintained, but by permit:idiom equally terrible . with those on a success- lid resistanee 'to which it botista of having been linnuled I What an insult to the= name of Christen dom, that 100,000,000 of it, inhabitants are 'MeV ahle of the first duty of subjects I What an outrage it to this grand festival of a frececommunity, when we choose delegates for the maintenance of our dearest rights AS a nation, that the first lesson read to them, end the most solemn condition imposed Upon them, is that of barring tint frimi'the Constitution Eng. land onc-third of the whole body or thei r f a ll mvs risers We had intended to begin this t . l ar e oetieing an admirable address: " to the elect ors isp o si the Catholic question, by the . 11ey. :Sydney Smitl." cones c nes oppernmely as an antidote to p o i sons i „ di s triously, and we liar too successfUlly, circulated. ,V os the execution of tlds . ' little performance,: it is impns sible to say too touch i r vivacity, wit, and spirit, wo4d he, looked for of course from such a quarter but thsre is 'a great deal more than those : there is a straigllt. forward and irresistible truth- - --there is demonstratiim in. every hue of it—these is, howdes, a tone of deap, ih oug h ulos sm a ti osi s, and subdued anxiety for the e ss oi of na ti ona l j us ti ce , which tells upon the better feeling's, and a spirit of candour and humanity, by which it is impossible for any reader to be otherwise than benefitted as well as touched. [MORNING POST.] The Protestant Electors of England will, we arc persuaded, prove' them Selves, at this important sea son, ardent and unchangeable in their attachment to the Constitution, firm of purpose, sound in heart and understanding, uncontaminated by the • hollow cant, unenfeebled by the spurious liberality to which the fashion of the day has lent its 'ephemeral and . delusive sanction. They will not show themselves ungrateful and prodigal possessors of the valuable legacy bequeathed them by their brave ancestors ; or, by a base surrender of the precious inheritance, insult the memory and undervalue the sufferings and the blood of those by whom it was originally,acquired. Neither will they forget, that they are no other than trustees of the invaluable patrimony,--a patrimony , not created by their exertions, or won by their valour ; that those who fought, and bled, and died, or en dured sufFeringS infinitely more trying than death; to the mortal fraine, did all this, not for sake of them selves, not for sake of two or, three generations of their progeny ; but in the proud consciousness or ardent hope, that all which they did and suffered was for the benefit of their most remote posterity. The. electors of the pr esen t day most feel that they are merely tenants for life of the splendid inheritance, and they will not consent to intercept the order of succession, to waste the precious patrimony, or fraudulently to cut off the sacred entail. It is pretended that the Catho lics may be safely entrusted with a share in the Govern ment and Legislature of the Empire, because, for sooth, the boasted liberality of modern times has shed its mild influence upon the tenets of their church, or at least upon the hearts, the tempers, and the under standings of its votaries. if this were true, the Pro testant Electors of England would no longer have the same strong objections to the admission of Catholics to wield the power of the Constitution. To have any weight, however, it must not only be true, but it must be established by strict and demonstrative proofs. Where, we ask, are the proofs ? Let them be produced in rich 'abundance and unanswerable strength ; fir assuredly the present generation of Englishmen will not outrage their ancestors, and be tray their posterity on any grounds of vague conjecture, of specious presumption, or of doubtful hypothesis. So far as the 'Catholic Church is concerned, the assertion cannot be proved ; it is plainly and necessarily false ;—the church which be lieves it cannot er r will, nut change ;—it must be the to-day,same yesterday, and for ever; the assumption of infallibility, excludes the possibility of improve ment. Then with respect to her votaries, if it could be proved that the spirit of the age had shed its mild influence upon theM, though it,might weaken the ob jection to their claims, it would not obviate it. What is, to ensure the permanent effect of this mild influence from without, upon the minds of men, wh o still obsti nately cleave to the bosom of an infallible and Un changeable Church, whose characteristics have ever ' been fierceness and cunning ? Whilst they remain in her fold, are They not constantly subject to the impress of her mark and the dominion of her tenets and cha racter ? 'But the proof of this assertion, however satis factory or complete, if it in some degree weakened , the Ibree,of one objection to their claims, would unavoida bly suggest another. Why, it would naturally be asked, do they openly adhere to a church, from the doctrines, and temp er , an d character of' which,' their hearts are already estranged P Whilst their adhesion wire conscientious, it would be fairly said, they had a claim to the general respect of the community, although the general safety might forbid their admission to an equality of political power. lint now that , their public profession of Catholicism is by their own avowal, and by other proofs, shown to be distinct from any warm attach ment to the principles and spirit of the Catholic church, we must, look upon them as contumacious ; and we will not yield to contumacy what we de hied to conscience. This is the true ' answer to those Who Artfully strive, with a view to the admis sion of Catholics to political power, to separate the lay from the ecclesiastical portion of that body, and who would persuade us that the tenets and temper of the Church are nut to be taken as any criterion of the opinions and feelings which ac t ua t e its votaries. Such advocate§ would be fatal even to a better cause. The electors of England are not likely to be pr o piti a t e d i n favour of the Catholic laity by being' told, that they are gene rally insincere, as it respects t h e i r own re l ig i on, and not conscientious, but contumacious in their rejection of ours. We hear the electors called upon from certain quarters to prefer candidates who pledged themselves in favour of economy and retrenchment, without regard to the great: constitutional question in volved in the Catholic claims, or in other words, to neglect a great and impending danger, in order to guard against one which would be comparatively trivial, if it were not altogether imaginary. They will have m a nly sense mid patriotic feeling enough to scorn the drivelling suggestion. Even if there existed a dispo sition to extravagance on the - part of Administration, which every body possessed of the least information knows to' be the reverse of the fact, still Englishmen would mot consider it the first of their duties 'upon this occasion to counteract that tendency. They will not listen to the base and senseless advisers, who would lead them to " sell their birthright for a mess of pot tame 1" POLICE INTELLIGENCE. BOW-StREET.--41'SZAT IN PA ItLIAMYNT.-411t night; at eight o'clock, Mr. William CoWith littsoi nguin brought Wive the Magistrahis of this Of►ce, and tint uge of his obtaining 1,1001. from Colonel Canute of the Horse Guards, under tl►e fuNa itre tent* of obtaining for him a seat in Parlistnent, was further in.. mitigated. Mr. Awl:virus said, that before the evidence was called, he would take that opportunity of observing, that in the reports in the newspapers of the examination of Mr. Collins, which took place hot Saturday night, it was stated, that:he ha 4 replied " Non sense, nonsense," to some remark made by Mr. Phillips. Such words had been considered t& have been used by him offensively ; but he assured the Bench, that he want nothing disrespectful to his. Learned Friend. Ile did not pretend to lay he did, not ustt ,the words, fur he was in the habit of replying " nonsense," ht the lame sense as the Duke of Marlborough, when asked a question, commonly used the word "silly." For instanCe—if the Duke was "40 by a Clkaetal, " Shall we march to such a place?" he would reply, " Silly, !illy." Mr. Putt.t.t es raid the words were spoken very good-naturedly, or he 4110 01 . have noticed them at the time. Mr. Ainmenus-.Ylike to set these things right as I go. Mr. Joseph fink stated, that hu is a clerk in the Banking house of Messrs. Drummond, Charing-cross. Witness produced check for .1 which was • paid into Drummond's bank on Ole imlt• of May, and the bearer received thirty-Mur Mg; notes fur th e eheck• It was drawn by Cox and Greenwood, the army syrits, Rn. Messrs, Drummond, and wee payable to the bearer. w Mess lure gays,the untidier. and dates of the notes which he paid for the Oieek. Mr. I'HILL" '"'" -Thie is the first time I have heard of the name of Cox and Greenwood, so connected with this case, am how this check comes here I can't conceive. . _ Mr. Virxr.t. observed, that his clerk went to Drummond's with the check, and received the thirty-four 60/. notes in exchange, which he (Mr. Well) gave to Collins. Mr. Pulturs.—But how the check was obtained- by the Colonel, or how it got out of his possession, We don't know, and be won't tell us. _ . Mr. ADOLPTILTS.—Pray what is it to you how he got the check -•-suppose he stole it? he paid it to Mr. Well, and that gentle min got the thirty-four fifty pound notes for it at Drummonds', which Collins obtained by false pretences from him, sad that is the charge we make. Mr. Well sworn.—The check produced by tlw last witness was received by me from Colonel Camac. Mr. l'unms.—l ask you, Mr. Well, whether the payment of this sum of 1,7007. to Collins, was to conclude the business to which it related? Mr. Well.—l decline answering. Mr. Pmwrs.—Good God! can there be any reason on earth for your refusing to answer the question? Sir RICHARD ButNa—As Solicitor to Colonel Camac, Ido not think Mfr•. Well is bound to answer the question. Ile ought not to be compelled to disclose confidential communications, which were made to him on behalf of his client. Mr. Minsuut.t. was of the same opinion. Mr. PHILLIPS-. 4 have put the question as abstractedly as pos sible, and he ought to say, when he tenders himself as a witness, whether the 1,7001. was to close the business, or whether more money was to have been paid. Mr. Awn-runs—He does not choose to say that that was all the money we were to have been robbed of. Mr. PIIILLIPS--What is the reason, Mr. Well, that you re fuse to answer my question ?—Mr. Well : I will not give a reason why I decline answering. Mr. Puiturs—lt does not look well when evidence is kept back. ' _ Mr. llyde sworn—Witness is Clerk in the Bank of England. On the 11th of May, thirty-four bank of England notes, of 601. each (witness gave the dates and numbers, which corresponded with those paid by Mr. Well to Ms. Collins), were brought to the Tellers' Office, by a nisi of genteel appearance, who asked to have sovereigns for them. The prisoner is About the size of the person, but witness soul(' not say be was the person ; the indivi dual wore his hat at the time (the prisoner was directed to put his hat on); but he could not make oath that the prisoner was the men ; whoever the person was, he brought the thirty-firm notes to the table with his name written, as is customary, on the outside note, and received sovereigns for them ; witness, on ex amining the thirty-four notes which he produced, found 44 F. W. Collins" written on the Outside one; witness extracted the num bers of the notes from the Bank book. Mr. Pimmrs contended that the Bank book ought to have been produced, and not a mere extract. Sir R. Ilinxix thought, that, at such a late hour, the Learned Counsel ought not to preis for better evidence. Mr. AnoLiltus—The witness proves that a person like the prisoner, in size and appearance, received 1,7001. in sovereigns for the thirty-four 501. notes, which were paid by Mr. Well to the prisoner. _ _ Mr. Pinuars—Why do you say the person was about the size and like. the prisoner ?--Witneaa : He was a man of genteel ap pearance. Mr. Pntturs—ls it a very uncommon tl►ing for a genteel look ;lig man to come to the Bank to exchange notes for , sovereigns? Witness : It is not uncommon, but it is very unusual for a person to exchange thirty-four bOl. 'iota) for 1,700 sovereigns; in fact, it is so uncommon a circumstance, that it never happened before at the Bank. Mr. PIIILLIPS—Do you mean to assert that persona have n o t exchanged not e s t o a l arge amount for sovereigns ?--Witness: I do not ; but I mean to assort, that on no occasion has so large a sum in sovereigns ever been paid at the Bank to a private indivi dual for notes. Mr. ADOLPHUS Said, that , he should call no other evidence that night, but should ask for another examination on Wednes day night next, by which time the witnesses would arrive from Malmesbury. Mr. PHILLIPS observed, that the witnesses ought to have been produced then, u Mr. Well undertook to go'himself to Malmes bury, cad to bring the witnesses to town. He had been de ceived by Mr. Well, whose cross-examination had been defer red expressly on the ground that he was going to leave town to fetch the witnesses, and he also had to complain that Colonel Comae was not brought forward to give evidence, which. cumstances had occasioned---to use no harsher term•--unneces rary Mr. Minstiou.--That term is qu►teharsh enough. , Mr. Puttoors—l might have said, and truly, that there• had been gross equivocation. Mr. MtwattuLt.--Are the witnesses, Mr. Well, on their way to London?—m e . w e ll ; Th e y are . Mr. Putr.r.trs..;.-When did you send for thein?--Mi. W e ll ; I sent my clerk on Friday for them. Mr. Putuars—What are their names ?—Mr. Well: Seal and Neat.—Mr. PHILLIPS pressed Mr. Well to reply to a question re.- lating to the Malmesbary affair; but be, with some warmth, de clared that he would not answer another question. Sir Rieman') illawin—That is the safest way. Mr. Names—The .truth.mast come out some time or other. The prisoner was then remanded to St. Martin's watch-house till Wednesday evening, when his final examination will take place. The office was crowded. MA I tLBOTIOTICI . II-FITHERT.--;Nestorday a meagre, miser able, half-animated looking " snob," named . Thomas Evans, whose appearance was calculat e eto•excite any other feeling rather than the passion of love, was brought before Sir Gra FARRANT, the Magistrate, from the watchhouse of St. Atiu's parish, BOho, in company with a smart, comely-looking, married woman, named Mulhern ' the former charg e d with lutving'occupied the pi n e s) of Mrs. Mulhernis'husband on Sunday night last, in the affections and bed of that lady, and the latter charged with an over-hos pitable disposition, in giving to M r . Evans, the shoemaker, that portion of her bed which was generally allotted to her lawful husband. u The husband of Mrs. MuMeru, who is a gentleman's servant, and a very fine-looking young lean, a perfect contrast to his rival, being sworn, stated, that fur some time pant, his wife and himself, with their only child, have lodged in a house in Compton-street,. Soho, where Mr. Thor. Evans, who is a " translator' or mender of old shoes, also happens unfortunately to be a sojourner. There was no particular intimacy or acquaintance that he Was aware of between any part of his family and Mr. Evans, nor did he ever suspect that Mr. Evans had used any means, or indeed was ut all likely, to undermine the affections of Mrs. Mu%ern, sr any other woman, towards her husband. On Sunday night, ,however, or rather about two o'clock on yesterday morning, he (the husband) returned home, after having been engaged as usual all the previous day with his master's family, and on going up stairs, to his asto nishment and horror, when he entered the apartment where his wife was in bed, he found her and the " snob," Mr. Thomas ' 4 Evans, fest locked h i each other's arms. After a moment's thougnt, he reflected upon t'he happy unconsciodsneas of their situation, and being unwilling to disturb their repose abruptly, or at all events Until he hint some other witness to the fact of his wife's inconti nence besides himself, doubting, perhaps the reality of the Beene presented to his vision ; and aceordinFly he left the happy 'pair together, While he Went and quietly introduced a neighbouring watchman, to whom he exhibited unequivocal proofs of Mrs. Mulhern's frailty, and Mr. Evans% nocturnal gallantry. Ile then gave both the violat e ,re of hie bed into the watchman's custody, and after affordin g th em barely huflicient time to - scatter a f ew loose garments Over th e i r s i n f u l carcasses, had them conveye d to the ‘vateldumse, and there left them in separate cells to pass the remainder of the night, ruminating on the instability of all human happiness. watchnian who. took Charge of the parties said, that he could fully confirm Mr. Mulhern a complaint, air to his wife. in fidelity, at least as far as appearances had any weight ; and more over, he said that a more impudent woman, after detection in such a situation, than Mrs. Mulhern, never could have existed at any period of the world, for that while Mr. Evans and herself were dressing before being taken to the watehhouse, she rushed into his arms in the presence of her husband, curl kissed him se veral times, in the most barefaced manner ; alter which, the turned to her husband, and placing her thumb upon the tip of her nose, said to him, " There, Mr. Mulhern, take your change out of that." The Magistrate now asked Mr. Thomas P.vans,.....wh o e i t h er from the effects of love, or of mending shoes, or fright, or wh a t else, seemed scareely able to keep his legs in a perpendictilar posi tion under him,',--wh a t he had to say in explan a ti on of his very immoral and i m p rope r intrus i on on t h e premises and bed o f t h e complainant. Mr. Evai,.. said that the fact. was. Mrs. Mulhern had for some time past made love to him, in finch a be witching and seductive manner, that on Sunday night when she gave him en invitation, in the m ost intelligible terins to her bed in the a b sence of her husband, h e tion tod, reject 'could not, be confessed, muster up suffi c i ent resolu her ;offer; i n s h or t he said, no loan could resist Mrs. m u n ierie , s wianialf ways, if h e had any love at all in him, And that,was all lie had to say. her own behalf, did not at all mince the nutte. ter, but said, th a t s h e h a d a r i g ht, at least the thought so, to: di.- pose of herself and her bed as she deemed proper, without any busybody troubling her on. the subject; and as for Mr. Mulhern,. she had very little of hiisociety at home, so she supposed he amused himself elsewhere. -Re allowed her but very little out of his wages, and she was obliged to work hard for her own support, arid she should do as she liked with herself; "no thanks to nobo dy :" and as for Mr. Evans, whatever people might think by his looks, she would say, that for a shoemaker, he was as nice a man as she would wish to meet with. Muihern, the husband,said, that nothing could equal the false hood and base ingratitude of his wife ; for as .to his not support,. ing her, he declared that he had always iven her the greater part of his earnings, to support herself and Ins child, while he himself was obliged, of course, to be nut all day attending upon his master. The circumstance, too, he said, under which he had married this woman, five years ago, ought, one would think, to have attached her to him, if eveuponly from a feeling of gratitude. The truth was, he said, that they had both lived in the•serviee of one family when they first became acquainted; and' one night after they first met, he was much surprised to receive an unexpected visit in his bed-room from the young woman,- who insisted upon remaining there during the night : to this lie, unfortunately for himself, con sented, and the consequenee was, that a gradual increase of the lady's size was becoming apparent, when, to save her character, and make her an honest woman, he agreed to marry her at once, which he did in opposition to his own interests at the time ; and her present conduct was the grateful reward she bestowed upon him : but he was determined now never to live another day with her. Sr GEORGE FARRANT said that it was a grievous thing cer tainly for the young man to be tied to such an ungrateful and abandoned women, and it was very creditable to the husband that he restrained himself from any violence on the parties, when he found them in the situation he described. He (Sir George) would advise the husband to advertise the wife's conduct, so as to pre vent, as far as he could, her obtaining credit in his name. The immediate cause of complaint was one with which a Magistrate had no power to interfere, and the parties must therefore be dis missed, which they were accordingly. MARYLEBONE,---Johnll, of 25, Lisson-place, was yes terday charged with the following inhuman conduct to his wife : Mr. Cowne, surgeon, of Portman-place, stated, that on Satur day night he was sent for to assist the delivery of the prisoner's wife. He was from home when the message came, and when he arrived she had been delivered two hours. He found her in a Chair, exhausted, and in great danger; the husband, in a state of 'intoxication, had dragged her from her bed, and hiniself taken possession. He found a woman there, also in liquor, who profess ed to be a midwife. On remonstrating with the prisoner, he re ceived nothing but abuse ; he, therefore, sent him to the witch house in charge. The woman is still in , a precarious state. The child is dead; and as Mr. Cowne is doubtful whether the death of the child was net occasioned by the inability of the female mid wife, through intoxication, anti as the effect of the husband's con duct is not yet ascertained as regards hie wife, Mr. Rawlinson remanded him. UNION-HALL—A Gnotrr.----Yesterday morning an elderly wan of respectable appearance pre►ented himself, and requested to be heard, while be gave an account of an extraordinary apparitiOn that appeared to him the previoui night, at his lodgings, giving him intimation of a murder that had been committed in the house . some time ago. Theapplicant *aid his name was Dunn, and that he lodged at a respectable house in Tooley-street. Mr. Dunn, who seemed to be under considerable agitatiOn, proceeded to state, with all the earnestness and solemnity of tone imaginable, that on Sunday night, before the clock 'truck 12, while lying in hie bed alone, he first heard the sounds of footsteps pacing up and down close to his bed-side. lie at first thought a thief bad entered the room, and accordingly raised himself in order to have a look at the intruder. Instead, however, of a thief, be beheld a personage that frightened him much more, and that watt a tall grave-lOoking figure, dressed in deep black. Ile stared at the object for some time without the power of utterance, until at length the superna tural being, as he was now convinced it was, broke silence first, and in a hollow sepulchral tone exclaimed, " Wetherell, clean my boots and prepare my supper." Applicant was about to speak, and kept his eyes steadily fixed on . the apparition, when, lo," said Mr. Dunn, " I saw it vanish through the wall, as plain as I now see your Worship sitting in that chair." Mr. CHAM tans here interrupted the narrator, observing, that his imagination must have been rather disordered on the night in question; and asked him whether he had gone to bed drunk or sober ? Applicant—l can assure you that I was as sober and as per fectly collected then us I am at this moment. Well, then, (said Mr. CHAMBERS), what more have you to say about this cock-and-bull story of a ghost? The applicant appeared highly incensed at the outset of his tale having gained so little credit. He, however, declared that every syllable he uttered was true, and proceeded to give a further ac count of his nocturnal visitor. " When," said he, " I saw the apparition vanish, I mustered up the courage and resolution to jump out of bed, with the intention of opening the windoW shut ter., to admit the rays from the gas-lamp, but had scarcely made one stride from the bed-side, when the spectre made its appearance again, and really I don't know whether I was standing on my head or my heels at the time, from terror; but this I know, after being composeda little, it addressed me in a solemn tone, saying, "I am the ghost of a murdered man-...my body is not far from hence—seek it anti you shall find it;" then waving its hand, and afterwards pointing down below, it vanished front my sight through the wall, as it had done before." , , - " Well," said Mr. CHAMBERS,. " what have I to do with your story of the ghost ? You interrupt the public business of the office, and I would recommend you to hasten home and search after the body of the dead man." ApplictintThat I cannot do by myself, and the object of my application is to have the assistance of a police officer, and I have no doubt the bloody affair will be all brought to light.' It was evident to all that the poor man.wae labouring under a delusion of mind ou the above subject ; and he repeatedly said during the statement, he was convinced that all who heard him would set him down as a madman, hut notwitludanding what people might think, he was ready to make oath that he gave a true and accurate account of the eircumatimets ; and if the Magi ettate would condescend to accompany him home, and sit up in the room all night; he had no doubt 'dm spectre would again ap pear and justify the above particulars. Mr. CHAMBERS declined Arying the experiment, and the appli cant went away sadly disappointed, saying that he should apply at other offices for the assistance of the police in unravelling the mysteries of the ghost. It has been ascertained that, independent of the county of Lanark, there were upwards of 30,000 operatives put of employment in the counties of Renfrew, Ayr, .Dumbarton, Stirling, and Forfar. This is an appalling fact, and must carry along with it an irresistible appeal to the public of Edinburgh and other places, who, it is to be feared, are not sufficiently aware of the ex tent of misery that at present exists in this country.—Edi n b urg h Observer. ROBBING A HIGHWAYMAN.-- ( Pro m Reynolds's Memoirs. )--.# My brother Jack, late one evening in January, proceeding in his gig to Southbarrow, was stopped on Bromley pal by a highwayman, who, presenting a pistol, furiously de manded his money. I will not say that Jack took, fright, but hie horse did, and, with a violent plunge, gallOpped off at full ape* The highwayman', foot being struck by the wheel, he was im mediately unhorsed, and dashed on the ground ; while his horse, now left to his own guidance, mechanically followed the vehicle. Jack, in total ignorance of th e w h o l e proceeding, bearing the horse behind the g i g , naturally eonchided the highw a y man was i n e full pursuit, and expected every moment to have his brains blown out. HoWever, On entering the town, he discovered his error, to his great relief; and stopping at the inn, and desiring to speak to the landlord, he related the circumstance, and then delivered the horse to him; and ordering it to he immediately advertised ac cording t o th e usual form—, If not owned nor demand e d w i t hi n ten days f rom the slate hereof, it will be peremptorily sold to pay expences.' A s may b e eupposed, the horse was neither ow ne d nor claim e d, so t h erefore sold; end Jack, pocketin g t h e affront cleared upward,* of 80/. by whit he called 'robbing u high wa y_ num."! ELOPENIENT ExT it A 011-Dnia itY.---rortNnatith, action ()l tAleit:trielvieBr.;;Wonetohoauvle. ktun(rZle)drdgea.:lli.t:iol6:llthili:neernlaoittuinerrfaurailettt,:tta,ciniriae he e h aw ' f rom W e wife and seven children ; and of a wife frein her hceeet, The *flair took place in Alexandria, %vivit o t hi s town, husband, her child of two years old, one night last week. It appears that on the night of the e l o p e .' ..4 11 a re l d ri pi t i i l r y t i e b el a i . 1 , 1 e • r ( u nf leo tl i 4 i n s absconding mill tlfeiho roeretiredritanotttifi eerlllo sectdln,tuarethiyr, mediawy jwbvenrtßethi::::lthewitlllyo).Hii:ly,levartaloo.:vvtohatltteisir. hoer` clothing, l ore ciicn•ueter, is of a to kind to her Among the rrpr not rirollert ever before to have seem i o gi tl P : A r e t; ,t h t vd r e :e :: tr l f ia o ing r ' n e e p Les N " 1 1 O r emarkablehe recorded in an iru,tance of a er wit uirer,efoosert► tii , y;),a h ni , :iitv , , , io )redft his ollospsino:(:)n't:11;(v) rani as tl►u, de The untie of the oglan n misery and woe; ueservoi t s b c a . t u p ti ti n h g li . e_ r il ls ldi e cn w at l io ,o n rh yowl Post • LONDON MARKETS. • - PRICE OF' BREAD. - The highest price of Bread in the Metropolis, is 9id. be the 41h. loaf—there are others who sell front a lialfrony lo twopence halfpenny below that rate. New English R. Clover, per cwt...42s 561'6.55—due7 01 SEEDS, June 5. Old Ditto • ' tits 36t 60s—fill —o New Foreign ditto ...405 665418 s—tine 60s Old ditto ditto 46s aes 455—tine 50s New White ditto 60s 64s 60s—fuse 6so Old ditto . . .....Vhs 405 44,—fine 4111 New Trefoil.. per cwt 20s 265 455--tine Sts Old ditto es I4s 40s-htieil4s New RiligrirSS —3 *-6 4.- . l—tkuil .-- 1 1 Old ditto —5 114s.29s—isitS 55 English Call:lls'4y Seeds get 3111_335- 605....5 Foreign ditto 265 30s —s—tiuc- - s Coriander do. l6s ud iis i•ii—fine 0-6 St.Foini.... per sir 45s 50$—flue Os Rye-Grass 22s 2.t—bur 465..-s Pacey ditto MI 40s—tine 445- 8 Linseed for feeding ' 3!5 341.—fias 37s Ditto, fur crushing ' OM fllis--toe ..-1 Canary Seed ' Mt 130 s—old loos 115 s White Itinat4ril Seed.. per bushel.... 146 les—tioe eis Brown ditto Turnip Seeds 15s Ids ud—tine sth 'fuses Ss titl Ss GO-'—new 55 ea 716 J Wipe Se - ed....per last ..-1 90 ail . F i n qil 241. ~. oi • e I______ ...t__________ S 1 . 1 s r : i r i x l4 l:::: i e l l :t e t s . R . : 1 : 0 s li t 1 1: 5 4 31 1 2 11 So t i 9 ): o pt i o o l s l I Ct 5:1 1 : (3 5: * :1 June e n : 1 1 16: 1 5 1 1 0 . *Oa': to 191 e e l :• Bl c ovit t s : Kent Pockels Essex l'oekeis Kent Bags Sussex litngs F:sseX Bugs .-. Old Duv. laid at 135,0001 - .. RAW HIDE'S. Best Heifers &St err s , lie r it. Ordinary.... IA 10 4 " 95 , a " 44 6d to 94 84 Market Cal f.. each. • 1 ' a -- Middlings— 2s Yd to Vi .1(1 [.Amps.... "Os 0 °I v • SHEEP SKINS. Peollo Downs ns Od to us O f ; I Sliearlittrt —Os t l,l to 0 . Os Oil to Ot oil J Lambs..... . 16 Ski ti) gs ih, PRICE OF LEATHER. i 94 1 to q o d Botts, 50 to st3lbs each.... per lt , 2,1.1 (" j , Ditto, HO to - GClin each to 15' Best Dressing tildes lid i n 19i Common Hides Crop trolcs,.:ls to 4011)i fur ctittittg .......... Ha ....it Ditto .... 40 to 451bs i• .. --il la 15d t o I - • all Ditto .... 45 to Lunn 16(1 to "d Calf Skiits....z:6 to 40lbs Ditto 50 to 'Nibs Ditto 7O to 801bs . Small Seals (tireroland) lti4l9jd ‘ .l 1 . 11 . ::: 1 11911 : 1 1 Lorge ditty ' - ita tell t° Tanned Horse !titles 12 ,1 - in lb 'a Spools!' liorie Hides PRICES OF TALLOW. MO , Town Tallow 87s 04 —s 04 Yellow Russia 34s tad —s 04 White ditto.. 35s 64 —s 04 Soap as 64 —s Od Melting Stull 281 Ott —s Oil Ditto Roo b.. Isis 04 —s 04 -........:..—......---..- 'AP, &c. per 1191 h. --Jou r 1 Yellow Soap ......... . . lit 1 ............... tot Curd .................. sit Graves .............. 003 Good Dregs. 6614 PRICE OF CANDLES, ' , mom Taw.ow CoaNi-oant'sflow Price of Candle s , p er dozen, Us fid a 71-,----M"'"" 8§ 6 6d per dozen allowed fur ready 010110° PRICE OV RAW VAT, ►er Stone of 81 1 ). -- "" Price of Tallow (as stated by the Tallow Mottos), ceeding SNIT !WIELD MARKET.—(YliterEttuat). to. This day's supply was, in the whole, rather lindted, by on• short of prime Beasts. The buyers having lle en to i willing to submit to an advance, the trade, in the earl}'.. , the morning, was very sluggish ; each kind of meat ultl produced from 2d. to 4d. per stone beyond Friday•s quota'Atorr; Coarse and inferior Beasts selling at from 3s• &I. to :Is. ier i '; coarse and inferior Shee, as. 4d. to as. iiil. ; ItMott q ua r t l ; prime coarse.woolled Sheep, from 4s. 4d. to 4 - s. Gil.; Beasts, 43.4 d. to 41. Bd. ; p second quality Sheep, 4s• t045.. 1 ', li°ulll Down NVethers, 4s. Col. to 40. 8i.1.; prime large th r, 4 ,4 5. 10d. to Os. 2d. ; prime Scots, Norfolk home-Weds, :„ ' .11. to ss. 4d. • tar , I b 5 od to s.. fa ; priMegM 1! 14arnbs R. ' e An% 3, e• • . . , 11,1. • -' —• to n.A.large coarse Cslves, 4s. ial. to .. ~, Calves of from 12 to 18 stone each, if white in the ileslit,o°:;; 4ostherwise complete Bs. 4d. to 51. Bd. ; large Il e g's 4s ' s tar . 4d.; and neat dairy -fed Porkers , of no► ► nore than 7 ~. each, 5s tid • .to bit. 4d. per atone of 11th . to . pio. Suckling Calves' front 12s. to 345 . 1 *devoid stole ; and qu , . _ from 12s. lB2 to - e1ch,......5 u ) A Clerk's statement • .._ Beasts II Y 9 all Pei 1 849 1 Calves ..................... Int bleep and Lamb ' I ............. Lambs ...... 18,080 Pigs ........... prove,: rAttu N b k:l 4 : . :l:E os A s N: EN1fA t i:: 9 11 .1 : 1 : 1 :7 41. Od. to 51. 4d ( . A. Beefs from 3s. 4d. to 4s Ud Y Mutton, 3c., , t „,i pork, • • ; 'Veal, 3s. ltd. per stone, b the Carcass.); COAL At ARKET—(Ytotu nAt.), Holywell, 29s—Newburn, 298—Orti's Reo lbuilh woo E n d field Moor, 3ls —Townley, 30s—Wylano , End Beeiebe end C.o. 'Us—Walls End Browne, 30s-- alls N r. GrZen's, 29s fid—Walls, End Hotspur, 3Os —w.n. }foul dournberland, 30s6d—Wulls End Pesretb, 29, '6.l—Vi r4 " l " s oos Riddell's, 32s 6d to 32s 9d—Walls End Ai nn End Storey's, 30s 6d—Walls End Welker 31s 3cl- 11 ,e 00 1 Trader, 3ls 9d—Culm Cox, 308—Hartley, ' 31 1 _ -- , 8 , , e ,a ileYnnlds, 6d—Stone Herrin non, 384 fit 3 : 7 ; j e t i s t 1 , 6 e u r a l u 3 h as ' " i s s V ol l a e: t 2 3 E O :11' 1 INilreotilt'lli'llit,-3‘61:!--6118.KI4IIPSite:1141211; INSOLVENT DEBTORS• VAIDA Petitions to be heard in Portugal-street, next ' tdraggi it. J. Gl oag , S a i nt G eorge ' s-place, St. George ' s i n t h e Ea' flatl et . . A. Shutt er , Curtain-road, Shoreditch, Middlesex , ebee' ecl rfool ier , W. Kirby, Castle-street East, Oxford-street, theatri cal Pe J. Baker, Cornwall.plsee, Holloway, Aliddleaex, glocer' J. Payne, Appledore, Kent, tailor. T. Fri swell, London-road, horse-dealer. M . 4kllele' W. Bassett, East Smithfield, St. Botolph Without , smith. J. Ledge, Walworth, attorney's A. Barnasehina, jun., New-road, Griwesend, J. Cook, Bartholomew -Clow, London, carpeu'or. W. Dunford, Orchard-street, Westminster, eual-dealer• J. Williams, Tu, nhatn-green, Middlesex, butcher. T. Clark, Love-lane, Rotherhithe, Surrey, lighterman. J. Stevens, Taunton, Sornersetshire, saddler. on- T. Taylor, Ch urc h-hill , St. Pancras, Mid dl esex , COmuu agent. . I On the 4th i nst ., i n UpperB IRTHS Groevenor-stmet, the WI af 66 Rev. Horace G. Chltuondeley, of a dagt.ter. f s Th° 2° On the 3d inst., o in Welbeck-etreet, u the lady °' ` r E. Croft, Bart. of a daughter. ' ~ ,is ii On the let inst., at Eletead, Surrey , the lady of ''''' ls A. Drummond, of a daughter, . .0, she colt O i t i les4v th in e ,:pof i e_fo in sut b nr t eet .. c : li t talm / i l ivi is h,e l. ob o ti.r d iai s il l ,n_ t s i u i t i g 's ,htt l eh i r 4. o ) . u 4 he a) i . t oi s P d o w n H : 11..00 Thornton Leslie Melville, of a son.' . _.....------- ----------- Ott the htl t i net ., E dward Foxhalt, Esq., of 13411°14 t: o 4' ) MARRIED. • • tam" , 61 Mary, th e y oungest daughter of the late Vincent Newtat of Irnham, Lineoltuthire, and Perev-street, by On the sth at St. Afar gareeti Church, j o s the L or d Bi s h op of London, the Rev. Herbert OakeleY, w' r , to of S ir Chariiii Oakeky, Bert. and Vicar of }Wing, Mid' le : e jhos Atholl-Keturalt.lferray, seems(' daughter of the Ist4 lA` r " AP y, and niece of his Grime the,Duke of A.thng• On the 3d inst., at Paddington Church, Mr. IVilbnw Son, of South -street, Grouvenor-square, to Aisria 134° ‘" , Paddington. 11 spell At leamington, on the lot inst., by the Rev. l'Atrar f Clunnly, M.A., Nicholas Lee Force, Esq , second o n 9 1 ;iits, 4 late James Entre, of Snythd e Yorkshire, -e EA 4 l', , ..A oe'' eldest daughter , of IL. W. • S uth " -- * 6 Elliaton, of Ira Loudon. 4 , DIED. Ani br )0 1 On il u 2Rth ult. C • F J I r ikn er at aen, tn ranee, oin , a of ltiount Ambrose, County of Dublin, E' o l. vi On Wedutomlay evening, Benjamin Swete, Esq., a ' Ai llin 4tr e ;)" thy-house, near Clonakilty. Ins death wal4 OCCILSIOIIe d _ A i c . " from his horse, while riding home to dinner, from Court ° "7 0 ,;,5 , Ills reinains were discovered on the road by a country bu Jr i having given the alarm to his friends in Timoleague, 11 4. t 9 the spot, and found hint, who had been in I}ot , 00sh1 , health and vigour a few Momenta before; a lifeloss rat' sot " - Awe short which h uman s kill cou ld perform was exerted to o , reiuseitati ou , but alas in vain. Printed and Published by Jld. t the !•int No, 1'1 ? Strand. YOUNG, 001